Poland Tries 5 For Antistate Plot

March 04, 1986

WARSAW — Five members of the nationalistic Confederation of Independent Poland went on trial Monday on charges of conducting an antistate operation. The accused included Leszek Moczulski, 55, leader of the organization whose Polish acronym spells KPN. He was brought handcuffed into court under a strong police escort, as were Dariusz Wojcik, Andrzej Slomka and Krzysztof Krol. Andrzej Szomanski, 55, a historian who developed spine trouble in prison, was permitted to walk unhampered with a stick. The indictment, read by Judge Piotr Aleksandrow, accused the five of ``restarting illegal activity by KPN, printing of leaflets hostile to the state and creation of KPN structures across the country,`` family sources said.